Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stirniju
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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain; possibly from:
- Proto-Germanic *stirnijō, from Proto-Indo-European *ster(h₃)-no-m, from *sterh₃- (“to be broad, spread out”), cognate with Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon, “breast, chest”);[1][2]
- or methatized from *striniju, from Proto-Germanic *strinijō, from Proto-Indo-European *sren-yeh₂, from *sren- (“side”), cognate with Latin frōns (“forehead”), Proto-Iranian *rā́nah (“side; hip”), Proto-Balto-Slavic *srḗˀnas (“hip”), and related to Old Norse strind (“side”).
Noun edit
*stirniju f
Inflection edit
| ō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *stirniju | |
| Genitive | *stirnijā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *stirniju | *stirnijō |
| Accusative | *stirnijā | *stirnijā |
| Genitive | *stirnijā | *stirnijō |
| Dative | *stirnijē | *stirnijōm, *stirnijum |
| Instrumental | *stirniju | *stirnijōm, *stirnijum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: steorn
- Old Frisian: *stirne
- Saterland Frisian: Stierne
- Old Saxon: *stirna
- Old Dutch: *stirna
- Old High German: stirna
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Stirn”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 704
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στερνόν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1401